The city is like poetry; it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines.
So imagine that the lovely moon is playing just for you - everything makes music if you really want it to.
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar
I ended up doing a local AmDram musical when I was nine or so. We had to sing and dance and act. It was probably terrible, but I loved it.
Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which we earthly composers face today.
I may never get my own action figure, but at least I think what I'm doing is really legitimate musically.
Watching artists like Joplin perform, I felt that tingle down my spine; I experienced the wonders of a cultural and musical revolution.
I find it enormously valuable to be sure that that the pacing is what I think it is and that the scenes have the shape I think they have musically and dramatically.
If I could perform on stage with any musical act or performer, it would be Sugar Ray, just to fulfill my childhood dream of singing with Mark McGrath.
When I read a daring book or listen to rebellious music, I feel like I've found what freedom really means.
I'm proud of the fact that I've taken a lot of big directors, such as Trevor Nunn and Nick Hytner, who were musical virgins, and introduced them to the form.
It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all kind of evens out.
It's nice to stay up nights worrying about the material, and not about the investors who gave you $10 million to do your musical.
Everything can't be a postage-stamp-sized project. Everything can't be a chamber piece. Musicals aren't even meant to be that, or identified with it... It's none of it simple.
The only thing that ever came close to tugging my heart strings is music. I know this because that is the only time I've felt them move.
The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee.
Woody is so musical in his filmmaking. I've never worked with anyone I've trusted so completely. He won't let you hit a false note.
I am telling you what I know—words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them.
I remember seeing the first Astaire-Rogers musical on television, and I couldn't believe how beautiful it was. It dawned on me that you don't have to wear a cowboy hat to be a man.
If it weren't for acid, you might not have an IPod, and you definitely would not have some of the best music in your IPod.
We weren't afraid to mix some crazy styles into the standard rockabilly look. We also took a lot of different musical influences that were part of that era.
